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> For one, all the other developers are going to make you maintain that code for the rest of your life.

Ah, if only that were the case. In reality, developers move between jobs, and bad code always becomes someone else's responsibility eventually.

Instead, it's better to understand that as a professional you should be - if not proud of your results - proud of making the best of a bad situation for whoever will inherit your codebase, be that your future self or a colleague.




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